Dr. Jagat Ram did his MBBS from the Government Medical College Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) in 1978. He joined the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh as Junior Resident (MS Ophthalmology) on 1st July, 1979 and rose to become Professor (Ophthalmology) in 2001 and Head of Ophthalmology in 1 April, 2015. He joined as the Director of the Institute on 17th March, 2017.